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Edward Codrington

1770–1851

Edward Codrington was a British Royal Navy officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars and later commanded the allied fleet at the Battle of Navarino in 1827. Edward Codrington held the title of member of the 13th Parliament of the United Kingdom and member of the 12th Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The destruction of the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet helped secure Greek independence but created political controversy in Britain. Edward Codrington was born in Dodington and died in London. Edward Codrington is generally dated to 1770–1851.

Allan Mallinson’s Man of War brings Edward Codrington into the naval crisis that culminates at Navarino in 1827. Captain Sir Laughton Peto sails with the allied British, French and Russian squadrons as they try to restrain Ottoman and Egyptian forces attacking the Greek revolt; Codrington’s command of the combined fleet turns that tense intervention into the last great fleet battle fought entirely under sail.

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Historical novels and book series featuring Edward Codrington (1 series)

Matthew Hervey in Order

by Allan Mallinson 14 books 4.2(11,911)

The Matthew Hervey novels follow an English cavalry officer from the final campaign against Napoleon into the unsettled decades after Waterloo. Beginning as a young cornet in the 6th Light Dragoons, Hervey advances through command while trying to reconcile professional duty, personal honour, family obligations and the often…

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